Grimes Adhesif
Grimes has been playing and producing electronic music since the ‘90s,
and has been a committed record collector ever since his teenage years.

It all began by soaking up the ‘new’ futuristic sounds of ‘Bleep’n’Bass
records’ coming out of Manchester and the North Of England. Having
played for a wealth of party crews and club promoters from Manchester,
Newcastle, London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Paris, Detroit throughout the
90s & 00s Grimes is currently an artist in residence at Freerotation
Festival, and has been since the festival started in 2007. In ’94 Grimes
began building his studio and started experimenting and crafting his own
sound, but it wasn’t until 2000 that he began curating his own Mind Your
Head imprint to release these creations, which has seen a string of
varied and distinctive releases. Grimes Adhesif’s ‘Wilmslow Road’ on
Mind Your Head released in 2005 has been and continues to be played my
many DJs.

Grimes is currently making music specifically for the live show.

Grimes is available for Live and DJ bookings.
Flights from Liverpool / Manchester / London airports

Ahu
Ahu Karimi is an Iranian producer & dj currently living in Berlin. Ahu
is his main moniker. Ahu also records as Sohrab. Unlike many people in
the Berlin scene, he came to the city rather accidentally; although
perhaps nothing in this world happens just ‘accidentally’. 5 years ago
he got invited to play his first gig in Europe at a Touch Music night at
Berghain. Being invited and given the chance to perform his music in
front of an enthusiastic audience and without having the fear of getting
raided by the police, as would happen in Tehran, he decided to stay in
Berlin even though he was not legally allowed to do so, and his future
was not clear. 5 years on and many things have changed, but one thing
stayed the same: passion, love & belief in Music. Sohrab continues to
work exclusively with Touch Music , Ahu walks on a boundary-less path,
whether it is his own productions or extended & deeply emotional after
hours dj sets, to his new but already well sought after vinyl only
record label 'Shahr Farang’. Third Ear Recordings will also release an
Ahu ep in September this year.

Aubrey
At the age of twelve Aubrey became an avid bedroom DJ learning the
skills that have taken him through a successful and professional career
spanning twenty plus years. From his first residency at the Portsmouth
club Central Park at eighteen, he soon found himself in London spinning
next to Carl Cox, Groove Rider, Colin Dale, Mr. C etc, at raves such as
Energy, Raindance, and clubs such as The Astoria, The Gardening Club,
The Pirate Club, The Marquee, Turnmills, Deep Space, Ministry Of Sound.
He has since then taken to the decks in clubs such as Tresor, Space
Ibiza, Cocoon, Moog Barcelona. Recent bookings have seen him DJing at
Berghain in Berlin and Space in Moscow.

Aubrey started recording in 1990 for Sheffield label Ozone Recordings
under the name Panic with a release called Voices Of Energy. Aubrey
then set up his own label in the same year, Solid Groove Records. The
label has had 30 vinyl releases over thirteen years, with tracks were
licensed by Derrick May, Terry Francis, Pete Tong, Adam X, and Carl Cox,
among others. As well as this he ran four other labels, Textures, Dark,
DOT, and Cheap Knob Gags. Solid Groove re-launched in 2014 with a joint
ep with Metroplex boss Kimyon Huggins and 2015 has seen a release with
remixes from from Ed Davenport, Lee Holman, Exos, Aubrey himself in
2015. 2015 has seen Aubrey remix on Detroit legendary labels Metroplex
and Patrice Scott’s Sistrum records.

Aubrey’s tastes are varied, from his first love's of Hip Hop, Jazz and
Funk as a teenager moving onto the emerging Acid House scene from
Chicago and then to Detroit Techno and New York House.

We have noticed that Aubrey has an uncanny ability to make a sound
system sound better than any other DJ playing the same party.

Mario Barbarossa
London-based DJ Mario Barbarossa is unquestionably one of underground House (and
Techno) music’s ‘Keepers of the Flame’. From the day his
then-girlfriend bought him Inner City’s Big Fun from Our Price Records on
London’s Edgware Road when it was released, he was sold on Acid House,
“the mixture of all the great dance sounds” says Mario. And to this
day it is the spirit of Acid House and of the early parties that he is trying to
create whenever he plays, whatever genre of record he may be playing. Mario will
stay up for a day and a night to select the records for a party he is playing
at, such is his dedication to create something special. His DJ style blends
predominantly, but not exclusively, House and Techno together seamlessly and
uniquely. Mario is a true and rare artist whose selections and his mixing put
him in a class of his own.

His first gig was back in 1984 at The Purple Pussycat with Tim Simonen from Bomb
The Bass. He moonlighted as a lighting engineer through the late 80s and at the
early raves around London’s Grays Inn Road and in Hackney, and at some of
the UK's seminal parties including The Mud Club, Sunrise, Biology and Genesis.
He moved to Greece in the early 90s to start DJing properly. He discovered John
Beltran's Aquatic and Carl Craig/Paperclip People’s Oscillator and became
hooked on the Detroit sound. In '92 he moved back to London and handed a tape to
Steve Bicknell who liked it and asked him to be a resident for Lost – the
UK's most important and long-standing Techno party. To this day he is still a
Lost resident.

Mario Barbarossa is a resident for Lost, Third Ear, The Breakfast Club and Aphrodisiacs.

Leigh Dickson
Leigh Dickson's first release came six years after composing the two
tracks that were picked up through an anonymous CD sent to Qube
Records. Upon which a meeting with Mike Maguire (Qube/Juno Reactor)
led to Praise & Aerobatics being released in 2002 with an exclusive
remix of Praise by Baby Ford. The 12" now fetches large sums with
all three tracks having successful re releases to this day with Ryan
Elliott who carried out a further remix of Praise in 2013.

Leigh has remixed for Poly Styrene and is credited for work with
Mark Stewart on his Politics Of Envy album which featured
collaborations with Daddy G, Bobby Gillespie, Lee Scratch Perry and
Factory Floor. Leigh continues to release his music on
his own terms with previous other releases on For Those That Knoe,
Verdant Recordings, Xenology, focusing on a quality output rather
than quantity and could be found monthly on his Static radio show of
two years on Hoxton FM, Timeline Music and not to mention many DJ
sets around London's Techno party scene, sharing the bill with the
likes of Mr C, Colin Dale, Murf, Aubrey, Jimpster, Alex Barck, Bugs
In The Attic, Mick Welch etc.

Leigh can now be found on the mighty Soho Radio under the wing of
Eddy Temple Morris's-The Remix show once a month, where he continues
to push the boundaries and varieties of what good Electronic Music
has to offer.

Alex Downey
Based in Brighton, Alex Downey fell in love with Techno from seeing the
likes of Derrick May and Dave Clarke at the Zap Club. Before long he was
resident DJ at a notorious 24 hour café on Brighton seafront. From there
he has spent the years dedicating himself to making the crowds, however
large or small, dance, dance and dance some more. Currently a resident
DJ at the celebrated Freerotation Festival, Alex has DJed at such
diverse parties as Wiggle, Split, Labyrinth Festival in Japan, The
Big-Beat Boutique, Optical, The Essential Festival, Tribal-sessions and
continues to play the best parties. But just as important to his career
arc are the hundreds of smaller parties and long-forgotten club nights
that rocked hard and kept the lifeblood of the scene pumping. Alex's
style behind the turntables defies categorization. For him techno isn't
a dogma so much as a spirit of electronic freedom to adapt and embrace
new styles. He is highly rated by DJs and is regarded as a keeper of the
flame. Most recently, Alex has become a Third Ear resident DJ, as the
seminal label seeks to bring together a select group of idiosyncratic
DJs that showcase the label’s ethos.

Leah Floyeurs
Since her monthly internet show, Leah with Sound first aired in May 2012
(www.timeline-music.net) London-based Australian DJ Leah Floyeurs has
fast gained a reputation for blending effortlessly a wide range of
genres in her vinyl sets, from hard Detroit techno and electro to more
experimental electronica and deep house.

Inspired by London’s techno scene upon her arrival in 1993, Leah started
building her record collection and within three years had played gigs in
Belfast and Scotland, Germany and Belgium. However the next 15 years
were spent working full-time for American insurance companies and it was
not until July 2011 that she quit her job so she could return to the
decks.

Since then she has played Freerotation in Hay-on-Wye, Arthouse and
Sauce in Manchester, Slabs of the Tabernacle in Glasgow and the London
clubs Breakfast Club, Project 5, Square Root and 50arc where she is
resident. Having recorded more than 45 two-hour live shows on Timeline
Music, she recently took up an additional monthly slot at Fnoob Techno
Radio, where she presents Time For Pluto.

Also an accomplished pianist, Leah works with vocalist/producer/DJ
Alison Marks under the name “Wallflower”, currently signed to Italian
label Rebirth.

Buzz Goree
Buzz Goree was an early member of Detroit’s legendary Underground
Resistance collective and is still a UR assault DJ. Also known by his
Underground Resistance operative name Clandestine, Buzz is now based in Berlin.
He started his DJ career at the early age of 13 in Detroit. By the age of 15 he
was playing professional gigs in the city. In the early 90s he met Underground
Resistance’s Mike Banks. Soon after, together with Mike Agent X Clark,
Mike Banks and Buzz Goree founded Happy Records, a UR sub-label.

Over the next few years, under the names Clandestine and Remote, Buzz produced
many Z-records, the records that are only available to UR DJs. In 2007 he
established his label, Mixworks releasing artists such as The Advent and Alex
Picone. Buzz is still active promoting Mixworks nights, both in Detroit and
elsewhere in Europe and the rest of the world. His Jive Turkey party in Detroit
on Thanksgiving is legendary, featuring many of Detroit’s most well-known
names.

Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall is a London-based DJ and producer. His debut 4-track EP,
eponymously titled Scott Marshall will be released by UK label Third Ear
Recordings in June 2015, and demonstrates a distinctive UK Booty
sound currently being supported by DJ Deeon, John Heckle and Mark
Forshaw.

Born and raised in South London through the 80s, Scott started
buying records when he was 16 amassing a large collection of House,
Techno, Disco and Funk. His DJ style is quick-fire mixing Techno, House,
Booty and Disco, pushing the groove and keeping the floor on the front
foot. He is a resident DJ for Third Ear, The Breakfast Club, RIOT BAR
and Aphrodisiacs.

A regular on various underground scenes through the late 90s and 00s,
Scott spent his youth in parties such as Lost, Renegade Hardware and
Kung Fu. He was influenced early on by artists and DJs such as Steve
Bicknell, DJ Deeon, Jeff Mills, The Scientist, Loud-e, Roy Ayers, Lord
Finesse and Gang Starr, and has a particular affection for labels such
as Dance Mania and Cosmic Recordings.

Frank Mitchell
Having always held an interest in music, Frank’s real passion began when
he heard i-F’s “Mixed up in Hague Vol.1” in 2002. The surging vocals,
driving arrpegiated beats and catchy melodies all had him hooked.
However it wasn’t until 2008, after catching the bass-weight bug at
nights like DMZ and FWD, that he started DJ’ing garage and dubstep, but
subsequently buying up all the old disco and italo records that had
previously made such an impression on him.

This solid base of early dubstep, UK garage and Italo disco allowed
Frank to branch out, discovering the sounds of Chicago, New York and
Detroit, as well as some of the most influential pioneers in electronic
music from Europe. Building up from the past and gaining a better
understanding of the roots of house, disco and techno continues to fuel
Frank’s passion for discovering contemporary music drawing from the same
inspirational pool. He still buys records every week and continues to
play at local underground nights ever month.

In terms of DJ sets, Frank keeps it as interesting as possible, not only
for himself but for the audience. Interspersing the traditional 4/4 beat
pattern of house and techno with the off-step beats of electro or UKG
never fails to inject energy into a dance-floor, an energy which is fed
into every set Frank plays. Whether its house, techno or disco, the big
bass of Miami electro or the two-step shuffle of garage, Frank is
skilled at mixing and blending genres together. His main focus is to
keep it relatively varied, and deliver music to people that they either
haven’t heard before or sparks a memory which causes them to go home and
start digging again. His purpose as a DJ is to make sure people have fun,
dance and hopefully discover some new music.

Frank has held residencies at House Night Society at Dalston Superstore,
The Nest in Dalston and Breakfast Club, a monthly after-hours running in
various spots around London. He also co-runs his own party, Square Root,
in a unit space in East London.

O.utlier
o.utlier - naïf / Soul People Music / London, UK

By definition, an outlier is situated outside of the system. Yet, whilst crafting his distinct sound, this Irish native ventured
closer to the centre of things when he debuted on Efdemin’s Naïf imprint, joining a roll call that includes Tobias., Nina Kraviz
and the label head himself. This first offering, titled “For One of the Least (Main Pass), found its way into the bags of
discerning selectors such as Eric Cloutier, XDB and Marcel Dettmann. Its otherworldly drone sounds, shimmering synths and
hypnotic, acid baseline combine to create a versatile weapon that manages to pay homage to classic techno, whilst eschewing the
clichés and more obvious elements of the genre. Add to that its transformative effect on dance-floors and it set the agenda
nicely.

Further honing his sonic identity and at the same time showing his range as a producer, o.utlier’s second release came out on the
revered Soul People Music label. Blurring the lines between styles and inverting norms, the three tracks that comprise the Genesis
EP are further evidence of this artist’s desire to shape his own musical landscape, and his ability to operate in the space
between rooted 4/4 and the transcendent, the past and the future, the melancholic and the uplifting.

Having been a DJ and vinyl devotee for many years, o.utlier’s crate digging sets take in a wide range of influences, from classic
dub techno to a stripped back New York aesthetic and the raw energy of 90’s house. A regular at Dance Tunnel, one of London’s best
regarded venues, he can equally be heard nurturing a hypnotic groove or stirring a dance-floor into a frenzy, always delivering
immersive sets with poise, energy and a sound palette which is distinctly his own.

El Prevost
Lincoln ‘El’ Prevost has been making beats for over 10 years. Previously
achieving success as one half of Deepologists, it has only been in the
last few years that El Prevost has properly found his sound and looks
set for major success. His 3 EPs for London’s Third Ear Recordings, The
Money Honey e.p (2011), the Putting Out Fires e.p (2012) and most
recently in 2013 the Ash e.p are all extremely strong selections and
show El Prevost to have developed a very individual sound which many DJs
like. As Third Ear’s Guy McCreery has said; ‘El Prevost has a talent for
beats, grooves and sound design that few can match.”

El Prevost’s tracks are being caned by DJs like Steve Bug, Patrice
Scott, DJ Hell, Pearson Sound, Steffi, Dan Ghenacia/Apollonia, Dixon,
Ricardo Villalobos and many other DJs. El Prevost’s live show is also
something extra. Years of studio and live experience are now coming
together. Moscow’s premier club, Arma 17 and a number of London’s top
clubs, including Corsica Studios and The Rhythm Factory have all been
rocked by El Prevost, leading to rammed dance floors with hands in the
air.

B Riddim
B. Riddim is Luis Sequeira, a Portuguese producer, songwriter and musician living
in London. After a childhood studying classical piano he discovered
sampling and Hip Hop beats during his teen years, eventually forming
G-Ward, a Portuguese Hip-Hop collective in 2003 particularly popular in
the city of Guarda. Using the name Bellatur, Luis was the producer and
one of the MCs in G-Ward. At the same time, he was discovering a passion
for Jamaican music and culture, leading him to begin to develop a quite
unique sound using electronics within a Dub sensibility. In addition to
B.Riddim, Luis is part of the band Escabeau.

Velya
Velya, is currently based in Brisbane, Australia and has been a Third
Ear DJ for longer than anyone. He is one of the best DJs we’ve ever
heard and from the go have been supporting him and trying to help his
career. Of course it’s no surprise to hear that a virtually unknown DJ
is a very good DJ. He has that rare ability to give his transitions an
anticipation and an energy that raises the energy on the dance floor in
the transition alone, regardless of the tune. He plays everything and
anything changing up from deep grooving house to uncompromising linear
Techno and back down again, introducing mood changes and energy swings
with unusual sensitivity and control.

Sam Watson
Sam Watson has had a huge passion for all things Techno since the early nineties, playing at parties and clubs all over the UK
including Birmingham's House of God, Uti in Edinburgh and Room 237 Bristol. He has hosted and been resident DJ at a number of
nights in Aberystwyth in Wales, which have included guests such as Surgeon, Paul Damage, Andrew Weatherall, Billy Nasty and Si
Begg to name a few. For the last nine years Sam has been a resident at Freerotation Festival and at Audiofarm Festival. His recent
sets at Freerotation are legendary. Sam Watson’s signature sound is a rolling and twisting hard Techno set. More recently,
he has been working on the slower, deeper side of Techno alongside his harder sets, with influences from Sandwell District, Marcel
Dettmann, Mike Dehnert, Smear/Forward Strategy Group and Jerone Search. He uses four decks, three vinyl and one cd deck for
playing his own material exclusive to his sets.

Aside from two releases in 2001 under the name Dr Watson, one on Complex Records (label formerly run by Regis and Female) and a
remix on Steevio's Mindtours label, Sam has more recently released on Trust Recordings and 6ONE6.

With his upbringing in Snowdonia, Wales, where he is still based, with its deeply rooted free party scene, together with his early
influences of the raw, industrial sound of Birmingham and Detroit, Sam has developed a unique style and flow to his sets.